wilson



J. M. w|Ls0N.

Plow.

No. 79,091. v Pamed June 23, 1888.

J. M. WILSON., or LEX1NGToN,MIssIssIPP1.

Letters Patent Na. 79,091, dated June 23, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS,

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T O ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. M. WILSQN, of Lexington, in the county of Holmes, and State of Mississippi, have mvented a new and useful Improvemeut in Plows; and I do hereby declare that' lthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to lmake and use the same, reference being had to the acoompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, iu whichi Figure 1 represents a side clevation of my improved plow.

.Figure 2 is a detail side view of the scraper-attachment of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new plow to be used by cotton-plauters, its vobject being 'to work the ground when the young cotton-plants are just out.

Cotton when young is a very delicate and-tender plant, and is diflieult to work tho first time. My improved plow is intended to work close to the plants without injuring the same, leaving the cotton on a. very narrow space at the surface, yet with suflicient base at the bottom of the furrow to prevent its being knocked up by the hoes, when they are used in working through the drill. The plow will also turn up the soil suflicientlyto thoroughly cover up the middle of the row. i

This plow will work in every kind of land more ett'ectually than the ordinary turning-plow.

A represents the upright of aplowshare attaehed to an ordinary or suitable. plough-beaui, B.

On the lower end of the upright, A, is formed a share, O, shaped similar to an arrow-head, as shown iu fig. 1, its two working edges running to a point in front at rather an acute angle.

D represents a slab-iron scraper, fastened to the upright, A, and arrow C, as shown, it having two recesses a b, cut into it, which allow its inward bent upper and lower ends to be fastened to the upright, A, by means of a key, e, and by the wings of the-arrow lC, respectively.

The whole instrument now forms a share, with working edgos on both sides of the arrow-point. One of these edges shaves near the otton, the other cnts the furrow-slice and turns it into the middle of the row.v

The' arrow-share O is fastened eithcrshcurely to the upright, A, by means Vof rivets, bolts, 01' otherwise, or is made of ono piece with the same.

The scraper D can be easily removed from the plow, and some shovel or rooter, or other substitute, may be put in its place, if the plow is to .be used for other purposes.

And if everything is taken off the arrow, the same will convcrt the plow into a No. 1 subsoiler.

Haviug thus dcscribed my ,iuvention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A plow, consisting of the combination of the arrow C with the scraper D, all made and Operating su'bstantially asherein shown and described.

2. Providing the scraper D with notches a b, to ,facilitate its fastening to the standard A and arrow C,

substantially as herein shown and described.

J. M. WILSON.l

Witnesscs:

D. N. SArroLD, W, R. Kur-BALL. 

